Reviews from Profanador Rec (Peru)

Necrofucker (PER), Vomit of Sepulchers, Vomit of Ancestors, Demo Tape:
Released in 2019, it is a new release of Walter Profanador, an underground Peruvian rotten legend! Not to mention that for this release, John Capcha from Hadez (another legend into the Peruvian pits) has been summoned to play bass. Both completing the line up with Silva Blacker (another old guy in the scene from a dark place called Comas, who also run Blacker band, hated by many, but still in the front) and Oscar Mutilator (ex-drummer from Hadez and playing in other bands as well).
They present a kind of primitive Death Metal, clearly influenced in the 80s noise. Even more, when you think in those kind of riffs, totally jackal and raw; but that don’t follow exactly a style or a reference; but putting more from the primitive and cadaveric emanations from killer instincts only!!! All of this, being completed with solos sounding as the noise of ripping and grinding corpses.
Drums work is simple but effective. I worship when it plays in the ancient South American style hi-hat/snare!!! Time to time it hits like a primitive hammer only, like cavemen beating their animal carcass food!!! The bass is very audible, making some game here or there and giving the enough low atmospheres. Vocals go in a mixture between Death Metal and Black Metal.
Usually the songs have a similar structure: hammering drums, South American hi-hat/snare. Even sometimes you are going to think that you are listening the same song, hehe…
Almost the entire release has the kind of noise like a rehearsal, which for me is a nasty pleasure. I always prefer to listen the bands in a natural way instead of any kind of overproduction.
Other stuff I like is the song titles which are in something like primitive English, exactly as if we were 666 years in the past. Evil, brutal and primitive darkness is the only way!!! Titles exactly as: “Mortem Crucification (Hammers of Terrors)”, “Aborts of Abhorrer”, “Horrors Cripts Yell... Consumed by Magots”, “Invoquing to Oracle of Death (Pioners of Death)”, “Vomit of Sepulchers, Vomit of Ancestors”; can give you a hint.
You are going to get all of this brutal and ancient weird noise discharge in 11 songs. It is self-released by Profanador Records. Contact: necro_profanador@hotmail.com

Reviews from Arauto da Morte (Brazil)

Pathogen (PHI), Blasphemous Communion, CD: 
It is a re-release coming from Arauto da Morte Records from Brazil (in cooperation with Pictures from Hell, who released previously some stuff of Death Invoker!!! Hails Junior!!), and if I´m not wrong, it is the first release of the label. They have made a good choice of course, because for a Death Metal label, Pathogen from Philippines is a great starting. Blasphemous Communion was the first full length of Pathogen, back on 2008.
I already know the noise unleashed by Pathogen and got good contact with W. Desamero, and even I have interviewed them in the issue 1 of Legion of Torture, and released official patches and some promos back in the day, so it is not a new band for me. Time ago I labeled Pathogen as one of the best Death Metal acts currently and mostly because of the ability of have made a good combination of many styles of Death Metal, putting own ingredients and making a good offering for Death Metal style in general, passing the new millenium.
This re-release also includes, beside the Blasphemous Communion album from 2008, two tracks of Pathogen side of split 2009 with Brimstone in Fire (also supported by my distro Evil Spirit), and 3 songs from demo 2001 “Invoking Disease”. In total here are 13 tracks.
If you wanna remember, here is an extract from Legion of Torture 1:
“Early 90s Death Metal! Here we can find some sounds like Benediction, Death, Incantation. A dirty noise of death from this phillipinean bastards. Some slow parts gives the atmosphere of obscurity which is required (some part from 2nd track “Blood Orgy” reminds me some old demo from a Peruvian band). The voice is similar to Massacre or Benediction; dirty and raw guitar riffs. Few riffs which are repeated in the song, however it doesn’t makes it boring. The track 5 “Bestial Perversion” is the best for me; it has something similar to old Sepultura, which is a fucking great thing for this old Sepultura fan (me)!!! To finish some solos and tremolo sounds reminds me Mortem, I dunno why!!! It is a traditional Death Metal piece, no modern shit…”
After many releases by Old Temple from Poland (same label of Death Invoker), Pathogen still strikes deadly; not to mention about some upcoming releases among other bestial acts of the subterranean death worship, hehe…
Those wanting to play with figure actions, using Willie Desamero character as an Asian Ken, fukking Barbie, will suffer for sure. This re-release has not any kind of “extra” as your childish wishes want (pin, sticker, patch, candles, boxes, figure actions, autographs, first condom of members, etc), but only have two piece booklet; simple and raw, with lyrics inside… OK, it comes with some sticker that is supposed to be pasted in the jewel case as a symbol of the label, not as a new toy for those that think adding this to their labels will be more “real”. Ancient warriors of simple dubbed regular tapes and xeroxed covers are laughing merciless; didn´t you have realize???
Anyway, it was a great beginning for this new Death Metal label. Expect just more primitive black vomits and ancient rites of death cult from this label only!!! Labels Contact: arautodamorte.records@gmail.com, picturesfromhelldistro@hotmail.com . Band Contact: pathogenic_virulence@hotmail.com

Reviews from Old Temple (Poland)

Embrional (POL), Cusp of Evil, CD:
Here you can find the noise of a starting band on their first release. It means you will find a production with a bestial mixing, without thinking in being “pro” or other crap.
Riffs strike deadly, proper of a Death Metal band, like a killer chainsaw. Here or there are some dive bombs/horses movements that seems to me killer. Drums are louder than other instruments in my morbid opinion. The band plays mostly brutal, but in fact there are many passages of drums, so the tempos change, from fast to slow, to thrasher.
Vocals are total monstrous. If you ask me, I can say the band is a bit technical when it comes to play between the tempos and the kind of riffs. Fortunately, it is not technical in the sense of “hard riffs”. On the opposite it is technical enough to don’t bore you, but without falling in guys desperate to show their “musical” skills. All of us want Death Metal soldiers after all; not “musicians”, if you get what I mean. All in all, we can say that it is not a “simple band” but has some level of complexity in their compositions.
If you think on Immolation (chords pull), some parts of Incantation (slow and dark), a jackal riffs as Deicide here or there; Monstrosity (Final Cremation summoned some place???) or Malevolent Creation (mid tempo hammering riffs/drums), Morbid Angel summoning too… As you can realize it is oriented to US Death Metal, which fits perfect for me; now you can get an approach to the band.
Almost the entire release gets “intros”, that at first sight I found a bit no sense and that could stop you the darker feeling. But once you listen again, it can be said that, these intros fitted well and got a proper prelude for the songs shown.
It is highly recommended for those worshippers of 90s Death Metal, US style. Those that want direct and simple riffs, that don’t know the US 90s Death Metal style, must avoid it.
This stuff is a second edition of the original release from 2006. Second one has 13 tracks in total, including the songs of 2006 and adding the intros per each, to reach the 13 tracks mentioned.
Current edition is released by Old Temple from Poland in a 3 piece grey color booklet. Some won’t like this kind of presentation, cos maybe they are waiting for a pin, sticker, patch, card, t shirt, candies, balloons, other surprises for kids, etc. They are looking for nice accessories and forgot that METAL is something obscure and evil, not “nice things”. Covers look more evil than the original (in which a clown was shown???) and there appear a couple of phantasmagorical aliens into a bestial crypt or something. The release is completed with an evil and not common pro gold color CD.
Contact the label here: http://www.oldtemple.com/, old@oldtemple.com
Contact the band here: band@embrional.com, www.embrional.com


Hate Them All (POL), Goat Tormentor, CD:
First of all this is an EP released by Old Temple and the stuff arrived for a proper review. Here we have some misanthropic Black/Thrash from Poland, even with some punk/hardcore touches. Mostly the entire time sounds in the black/speed/thrashings ways, with few blasts beats here or there and some more “blacker” riffs. Some mid-tempo into the songs is also included. I can say everything is well recorded, it is not a noisy release, but you can listen almost all the instruments properly.
Is absolutely rare for me, but that vocals sounds very similar to a Peruvian band, called Crown of Worms; not to be expected ah!? Surely not!
It has a cover and back cover painted by the artist Somluck from some Asian country, where irreligious and obscure entities are shown; while showing a devilish goat making a massive onslaught to some priests, nuns, or something on the back cover. If you would like long booklets with lyrics and that, maybe it would not like you, cos it show only a two pages booklet, with a pic of the members inside.
Clearly they are a kind of misanthropic and hate everything of course, and at the same time they are dressed as death commandos, with soldiers mask and that. Some songs titles seem to be in polish, but those that are possible to understand are: “Unholy War - Without God”, “A Skull Destroyed by Time”, “Destroyer of Bones”; so you can realize these bastards like human bones and total destruction!
It was released with 7 tracks in total, in almost 20 minutes, as it is an EP.
Contact of the band: hate_them@interia.pl, and the label can be reached here: http://www.oldtemple.com/, old@oldtemple.com